Sales and cash register.



W. H. STE PANEK; SALES AND CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1908.

921,304. Patented May 11,4?909,

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WILLIAM H. STEPANEK, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

SALES AND CASH REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed November 11, 1908. Serial No. 462,065.

T 0 all whom it may conccm:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. STEFA- NEK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cedar Biapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sales and Cash Registers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to certain improvements in sales and cash register.

The object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism whereby tle exact number of sales slips made out by a salesman is indicated for permanent record and in which such indicated number must necessarily correspond to the number of times that the cash drawer within the control of the said clerk has been operated.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a locking means for securing the sales slips upon a spindle and so constructed that said locking means is released auto matically and only upon the opening of the cash drawer.

A still further object is the provision of a separate means adapted to prevent the opening of the cash drawer without a record thereby being visually indicated, it being understood that the prevention of frauds on the part of a salesman in charge of the cash drawer and sales slips is the main advantage hereby obtained.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of a desk provided with the present invention showing the money drawer in closed position, Fig. 2 is a partial view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the money drawer partly withdrawn, and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the writing desk showing the complete mechanism thereabove.

Referring more specifically to the draw ings, the desk is provided with the writing top 1 below which is positioned the cash drawer 2 slidably mounted upon the bottom 3. Upon said writing top and at a convenient point above the cash drawer and sufliciently removed from the rear wall 4 of the desk, is rigidly secured the filing spindle 5. In alinement therewith and at points approaching the desk back,

, said rod 18 to the desk bottom are provided perforations or openings 6 and. 7 through said top and designed for a purpose as will hereinafter more fully appear. In connection with said filing spindle a pivoted. keeper 8 is employed, secured to the desk back by means of the pivot block 9. Also mounted upon said back is the register 10 having a swinging operating arm 11, the slot 12 of which engages a pin 13 carried by the contiguous side of said keeper. The free end of said. keeper is preferably designed in the form of a head portion 14 with the slot 15 adapted for the free reception of said filing spindle. A vertical slot 16 positioned substantially mid-way between the ends of said keeper provides for the pivoting of the looking rod 17, the lower portion of which at all times remains slidabl positioned within the perforation 6. On the under sideof said keeper and at a point intermediate the last mentioned slot and the block 9 is pivoted the operating rod 18 which enters the perforation 7 and extends within the desk and to a point slightly above the bottom A flexible strip 19 connects the lower end of at the point 20, positioned and so arranged that the cash drawer when closed covers substantially the entire portion of said strip. The above mentioned strip 19 is preferably formed of spring metal so bent and positioned as to impart an upward tendency to the rod supported thereby. Insuring the upward movement of'the rod 18 upon the release of the strip 19 by the withdrawal of the cash drawer, a helical spring 21 connects the desk top to the rod 18 by means of a pin 22 positioned adjacent the lower end of said rod.

The general operation of the device will now be describec Upon the completion of a sale in which the attending clerk has received a ayment and duly filled out a duplicate salbs slip therefor, the unlocking of the cash drawer is designed to be accomplished in any ordinary manner. Upon the removal of said drawer a sufficient distance to allow the insertion of the payment, the rear end thereof releasin the strip 19 allows the contraction of the spring 21 to exert its upward movement to the operating rod 18 whereby the keeper 8 rises from its normal position as shown in Fig. 2. Such movement of the keeper not only allows free use of the spindle for the filing of the sales slip but also imparts a like movement to the operating lever 11 of the register, thereby tallying a single impulse to the latter.

Ihe function of the locking rod 17 will be clearly understood by noting its position normally within the cash drawer when the latter is in its closed position but completely removed therefrom when the drawer is opened. This feature of the mechanism is devised for the purpose of preventing the opening of the drawer without a record being made by the register. In other words, the fraudulent act of forcibly holding the keeper 8 depressed and the consequent inaction of the lever 11 and the contemporaneous withdrawal of the cash drawer is thus rendered impossible. From this description of the operation, it will also be clearly seen that the number of times the cash drawer has been opened will be the same as the number of sales slips looked upon the spindle, both of which numbers will be accurately indicated by the register in the manner before set forth.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is to be understood nevertheless that slight changes in the form, pro ortion, and minor details of the appended c aims may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention and in what manner the same is desi ned for use, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of the class described, a filing spindle, and a keeper therefor, a cash drawer, and means automatically operating said keeper upon actuating the cash drawer.

2. In a device of the class described, a filing spindle, a pivoted locking means for said spindle, a cash drawer, and means for actuating said locking means upon movement of the cash drawer.

3. In a device of the class described, a filing spindle provided with a pivoted keeper arm, a register in operative engagement with said arm, a cash drawer, and automatic means for operating said arm and register upon movement of the cash drawer.

4. In a device of the class described, a filing spindle provided with a pivoted keeper arm, said arm provided wit 1 a head at its free end and having a slotted opening for the reception ofsaid spindle, a register in opera tive engagement with said arm, a cash drawer, and automatic means for operating said arm and register upon movement of the cash drawer.

5. A device of the class described comprising a filing spindle, a pivoted keeper therefor, a register in operative connection with said keeper, a cash drawer, a locking means for said drawer pivoted to said keeper,

and means for automatically releasing said locking means and actuating said keeper and register upon withdrawal of the cash drawer.

6. A device of the class described comprising a filing spindle, a pivoted keeper therefor, a register in operative engagement with said keeper, a cash drawer positioned beneath said spindle, a locking bar pivoted to said keeper and entering said cash drawer, and automatic means for operating said keeper, register and bar upon actuation of said cash drawer.

7. In a device of the class described, a filing spindle, and a pivoted keeper therefor, a cash drawer, a rod pivoted to said keeper, a means secured to the lower end of said rod and engaging beneath said cash drawer and adapted to operate said keeper upon actuation of the cash drawer.

8. A device of the class described comprising a desk provided with a rear portion and a bottom portion, a cash drawer supported by the latter, a keeper arm pivoted and a register secured to said rear portion, a lever carried by said register in operative engagement with the keeper arm, a locking rod supported by and pivoted to said keeper arm and normally extending within said cash drawer, and operating means for actuating said rod, arm and lever upon movement of the cash drawer.

9. A device of the class described comprising a desk provided with a rear portion and a bottom portion, a cash drawer supported by the latter, a keeper arm pivoted and a register secured to said rear portion, a lever carried by said register in operative engagement with the keeper arm, a locking rod supported by and pivoted to said keeper arm and normally extending within said cash drawer, an operating rod pivoted to said arm and terminating adjacent said bottom portion, a member secured to the lower end of said rod and to said bottom portion at a point beneath the cash drawer, and a resilient member imparting upward tension to said rod.

10. The combination with a cash dr wer, of a slip-retaining sales slip support, a pivoted keeper arm and a register mounted adjacent thereto, a lever carriedby said register in operative engagement with the keeper arm, a lo king rod supported by and pivoted to said keeper and normally extending within said cash dr wer, and operating means for operating said rod, arm, and lever, upon movement of the cash drawer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

W'ILLIAM H. STEPANEK.

Witnesses A. H. CONN, FRANK FILIP. 

